Miami -Dade County, 70% Hispanic Population Voted Overwhelmingly for Trump, Now Ice Will Make it "Ground Zero" for Deportations

[u/RidetheSchlange]

https://eu.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/20/trump-deportation-numbers-florida/76405073007/

[u/Njabachi]

Miami-Dade's economy is about to crater.

It's an all-you-can-eat buffet. 

[u/macphile → u/Njabachi]

If Trump does what he promises, it's going to be like a triple or quadruple whammy for places like Miami (maybe only double for some of us). Rounding up all of the undocumented workers will affect food and building costs for everyone in America, but if Florida has a fair few of them, that's a population loss (and loss of workers in multiple industries). They also have a little "hurricane problem" that means new construction is needed more often, but they'd lose those workers, and the lumber would be tariffed and the insurance companies already don't want to deal with them. And if the economy overall is in the toilet, which is likely, fewer people will be spending money on vacations, and Florida is pretty dependent on tourism. Florida's going to be feeling the heck out of the next 4 years if it all goes down as promised.

[u/ChasingPerfect28 → u/macphile]

As a born and raised Floridian, it's going to get so bad and so ugly real quick. I also work at a title 1 school where 95% of the student demographic is Latino.

I'm not ready for the worst that's about to come. It's going to be brutal down here.

[u/macphile → u/ChasingPerfect28]

It's not going to be wine and roses in my red state, either. We just have to bite down on something, I guess, and hope there's still anything salvageable after 2 and 4 years.